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    Zaccheus

    zak-EE-us

    Hebrew/Greek
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Pure; Innocent; Righteous
    Origin
    Hebrew/Greek
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Zaccheus (spelled Zacchaeus in the King James Bible) appears in the King James Bible; the passages below give the context.
    First appears in
    Luke — The Gospels
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Zaccheus climbed toward salvation — the sycamore seeker, transformed by encounter, the impure made pure by Jesus who stopped beneath the tree.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Luke 19:9

      "And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham."

    • Luke 19:4

      "And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way."

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